Doubt they'll be 10 games below .500. Zero improvement on any front than explain to me why we've only been blown out once and our average margin of loss is 5 points while being without Nash and Gasol?

Misleading. Games like OKC and NYK werent blowouts by the final score but were blowouts when it mattered before the opposing team let up and coasted. Just because the Lakers went on runs to make the final score not look so bad doesn't mean anything.

Misleading. Games like OKC and NYK werent blowouts by the final score but were blowouts when it mattered before the opposing team let up and coasted. Just because the Lakers went on runs to make the final score not look so bad doesn't mean anything.

Oh of course when we come back and make games close it's because a team's coasting so that we can give no credit to our team whatsoever.... I see the logic. they coasted for entire second halves... I see....

"Bryant had come to rage against the idea that Howard's clownish disposition could overtake the locker room, the Lakers' culture, and had warned Howard that he would never, ever let it happen."

I think a lot of people are also assuming that once Nash and Pau are healthy we are clear for injuries for the rest of the year. True injuries are part of the game, but we're in such a hole now any more and all hope will be lost. Other teams will have the luxury of having some down time for injury...

For all that has gone on up to this point in the season, I can take it as a positive stat. I totally get what your saying Fido and your definitely right about championships being the measuring stick for us, not simply making the playoffs. However, on the optimistic side for us to have any shot at winning a title this season we're going to be a low -playoff seed regardless. I would be shocked if we got a top 4 seed. I know it doesn't seem plausible right now, but as long as we squeak in the playoffs, which will mean we have improved significantly since we have to go 53-19 or something like that the rest of the way, anything can happen when the real season begins

"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there" - John Wooden